Flower Pot Bread

This flower pot bread is an easy and fun gift to create for a thank-you, birthday, or housewarming gift. Bake it ahead or bag the ingredients as part of the gift.

We used to sell these when my sister and I had an herbal gift shop as a kit, but you can easily make them yourself. All you need is a terracotta pot and ingredients for the bread.

I'm using a quick beer bread recipe because it is super easy, and you can add any herbs that you like. I'm not sure, but I assume that this idea would work with a number of bread recipes. However, the fact that this does not require yeast and you don't need to let the dough rise makes this process an easy win.

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Flower Pot Herbal Beer Bread

If your pot has a hole in the bottom, cover it with a piece of foil. My husband really likes the moistness of this beer bread, which has a muffin or biscuit-like texture. Even though it doesn't have any preservatives, it held up in a plastic bag for several days.

Make sure you grease the pot with butter so that the dough does not stick to the pot.

When you are done with it, you can reuse the pot for more bread making or clean it up and use it in the garden.

Give this as a gift by combining the flour and spices together in a bag, and place it in a clean pot, tied up with a bow. Add a tag telling the recipient to add beer, butter, and fresh herbs or dried herbs to the flour mix. (Feel free to use the basic tag below.)

Cooking Tip: Remember, when swapping dried herbs for fresh, you should increase the amount by three. For example, 1 T of dried basil would equal 3 T of fresh.

I could see this as a favor at a small garden party. One for each guest. Wouldn't that be fun!

Easy Flower Pot Bread

This is a fun idea where you can bake bread in a terracotta flower pot. Alternatively you can place the ingredients in a plastic bag along with a bottle of beer and add a bow to give as a gift.

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Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Cook Time 1 hour hr

Total Time 1 hour hr 10 minutes mins

Course Bread

Cuisine American

Servings 6

Calories 275 kcal

Ingredients

  

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• 3 cups self-rising flour
• 3 tablespoons fresh chopped herbs or 1 tablespoon dried
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 tablespoon garlic salt optional
• 2 tablespoons melted butter
• 1 bottle of beer 12 oz.

Instructions

 

• Place a piece of foil to cover the hole in the bottom of the pot.
• Grease the entire inside with butter
• Mix all ingredients together in a mixing bowl.
• Transfer to greased pot.
• Bake at 350 degrees for about 1 hour.
• Dip a knife in warm water and run it around the edge of the bread in the pot to loosen the sides before removing it from the pot.

Nutrition

Serving: 1gCalories: 275kcalCarbohydrates: 49gProtein: 8gFat: 5gSaturated Fat: 3gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 0.2gCholesterol: 10mgSodium: 1195mgPotassium: 75mgFiber: 2gSugar: 4gVitamin A: 286IUVitamin C: 3mgCalcium: 14mgIron: 1mg

Nutritional information is provided as a courtesy and is an estimate only. This information comes from online calculators. Although attempts have been made to provide accurate nutritional information, these figures are only estimates.

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